istoleyourchocobo
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Hi there everyone!
I have a two part question and not quite sure where to put it so I hope this "spot" is okay!
First part is this: does a continuous monarchy (Japan, Denmark, etc.) have to be past down from sovereign to child to be called continuous or can uncles, cousins, etc. inherit and it still be called continuous? Does it really matter so long as the sovereign is a descendant of the first sovereign?
The next part of my questions ties in with the first: does changing the House (House of Tudor, House of Hanover, etc.) mean the monarchy is no longer continuous? And why change the house at all? I mean, I was looking at a detailed family trees of European monarchies and was wondering why change the house name if the monarch is a descendant of the original starter of the monarchy? For example, why was it called House of Stuart when James I (VI) was a descendant of Henry VII? Shouldn't it still be House of Tudor?
I hope all this babble as made sense! I have been going mad trying to figure this out doing research but couldn't really find anything.
Thanks you guys!!!
I have a two part question and not quite sure where to put it so I hope this "spot" is okay!
First part is this: does a continuous monarchy (Japan, Denmark, etc.) have to be past down from sovereign to child to be called continuous or can uncles, cousins, etc. inherit and it still be called continuous? Does it really matter so long as the sovereign is a descendant of the first sovereign?
The next part of my questions ties in with the first: does changing the House (House of Tudor, House of Hanover, etc.) mean the monarchy is no longer continuous? And why change the house at all? I mean, I was looking at a detailed family trees of European monarchies and was wondering why change the house name if the monarch is a descendant of the original starter of the monarchy? For example, why was it called House of Stuart when James I (VI) was a descendant of Henry VII? Shouldn't it still be House of Tudor?
I hope all this babble as made sense! I have been going mad trying to figure this out doing research but couldn't really find anything.
Thanks you guys!!!